> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Wood > Sent: 01 December 2009 21:00 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [canals-list] Re: Carrying capacity > > Ray wrote: > > > A point though - If BW accepted that well maintained cruiseways are > > those where a boat loaded to design depth for the waterway can get > > about without too much trouble then the rest of us would > have NO trouble. Ever. > > I was shocked to see the silt depth revealed when the Caldon > breached last week. The soil round there is very sandy so the > difference in colour between this and silt is quite apparent > in photos, for example > http://www.cuct.org.uk/news/091112_caldon_breach.shtml > Having tried to get Sean's "Laplander" up there a couple of years ago, I can verify that the Caldon is, indeed, much shallower than some other canals I have cruised with him
Ian Cardinal aka Norman the Narrowboat
